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Detailtranscript.im logo transcript.imNoteOwl logo NoteOwl
What it doesFree YouTube transcript generator and audio transcription tool Private AI note taker for Mac that records meetings without a bot, fully on-device
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PricingFree: 3 transcripts per day, 50 AI credits and 30 transcription minutes per month. Lite: $10/month (or $96/year) for 200 credits/month. Pro: $20/month (or $192/year) for 1,000 credits/month. Max: $50/month (or $480/year) for 4,000 credits/month. One credit covers 1 transcript, 5 minutes of audio tra Free: unlimited dictation, voice notes, view and export transcripts. NoteOwl Pro: $79 lifetime licence for one Mac, includes meeting capture, speaker separation, summaries, action items, searchable memory, people profiles and commitments tracking. Try Pro free for 7 days with no card required.
Key features
  • Transcription from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X video links
  • Upload and transcribe your own audio and video files up to 500 MB on Free and 5 GB on paid plans
  • AI transcription when captions are missing
  • Search and copy transcripts in the browser
  • Export as TXT, SRT or VTT files
  • Summarize, translate and rewrite transcripts
  • REST API and MCP server for developers and AI agents
  • Batch processing up to 20 videos on Pro and 100 on Max
  • No per-video length limit on any plan
  • Records meetings from any app without a bot joining the call
What makes it different
  • Works across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and your own files with one unified workflow
  • Full timestamped transcript you can search, copy and export, not just a read-along panel
  • Handles videos without captions by transcribing the audio with AI
  • Same transcripts available in web app and through API, MCP server and agent skills
  • Timestamps preserved in all exports and translations
  • Everything runs on your Mac with no bot joining calls and nothing uploaded to servers
  • Lifetime $79 purchase instead of monthly subscription
  • Works fully offline including transcription and AI
  • Your notes and recordings stay in a folder on your Mac and are always yours to export
  • Automatic voice recognition learns and identifies speakers after naming them once
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)53 +21 (up) since last check8 +6 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)110
Citation Flow (Majestic)3013
Referring domains (Majestic)673

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